{"id":103,"date":"2007-08-13T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2007\/08\/amnesty-at-odds-with-vatican-o.php"},"modified":"2007-08-13T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2007-08-13T18:26:03","slug":"amnesty-at-odds-with-vatican-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2007\/08\/amnesty-at-odds-with-vatican-o","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty at Odds with Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, Aug 13, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) &#8212; The international rights group Amnesty International is poised to defy the Roman Catholic Church by endorsing abortion rights for rape victims.<br \/>\nThe group&#8217;s leaders are meeting Mexico City this week, and the British newspaper, The Independent, said they were expected to endorse a board recommendation last April that abortion be a right for women who have been raped, or for whom birth would risk their lives.<br \/>\nAware that the issue would likely result in a Vatican-ordered boycott of the organization by Catholics, Amnesty&#8217;s deputy general secretary, Kate Gilmore said it had been a difficult decision that took two years to make.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ours is a movement dedicated to upholding human rights, not specific theologies,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Our purpose invokes the law and the state, not God.&#8221;<br \/>\nCardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said there would be indeed be a boycott ordered, and said &#8220;Amnesty International has betrayed its mission,&#8221; the report said.<br \/>\nThe issue came up for debate in the rights group amid reports of mass rapes in Sudan&#8217;s western Darfur region and women being denied abortions.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2007 by United Press International <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, Aug 13, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) &#8212; The international rights group Amnesty International is poised to defy the Roman Catholic Church by endorsing abortion rights for rape victims. 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